20th Oct, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST

Antiques & Interiors

 
  Lot 52
 

52

A Three-Piece Victorian Silver or Silver-Mounted Travelling Communion-Set, by Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, Circa 1840, each piece plain and engraved with the ‘IHS’ Christogram within sunburst, comprising a communion-cup, with gilt interior; a paten on spreading foot and a silver-mounted cut glass wine-bottle with screw cap, in fitted ebonised wood box, the box 15cm wide, weighable silver 2oz 15dwt, 86gr (3)

Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

The chalice and paten each fully marked. The screw-cap to the bottle apparently unmarked, though the marks may be under the cork stopper inside. There is some wear to the marks, though in general each is still legible. There is some surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. There are some chips to the rim of the glass bottle. The case is perhaps associated with the set and with overall scratches and marks.

 


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Auction: Antiques & Interiors, 20th Oct, 2023

Part I of the Antiques and Interiors Sale on 20th October will begin at 9:30am with a specialist section of Silver. This will be followed by the usual run of Ceramics and Glass, including Chinese and Japanese porcelain ginger jars, vases, and chargers; Staffordshire Pottery zebras, Herend Porcelain birds and paperweights by St. Louis and Baccarat, to name just a few highlights. Also included will be a large section of affordable watches and jewellery from mourning brooches and dress rings to gold bracelets and pendants.

Part II, which also begins at 9:30am with lot 1000, will comprise paintings, rugs, furniture and a large quantity of books from the libraries of  Dr John Senior and of York historian Hugh Murray including local history, botany, geology and palaeontology.

The sale will also include selected items sold on behalf of the Terry Family of York (Terry’s Chocolates), these items are denoted throughout the catalogue with a ~ 

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Tuesday 17 October - Wednesday 18 October 10am-4pm, Thursday 19 October 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 7.30am

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